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By Benjamin Dangl Published on January 22, 2018 Source: Toward Freedom A shantytown in São Paulo, Brazil, borders the much more affluent Morumbi district. Credit: Tuca Vieira / Oxfam Forida is a 22-year-old sewing machine operator in a clothing factory in Dahka, Bangladesh. She often works 12-hour days producing clothes for brands such as H&M…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on October 13, 2017 Source: Toward Freedom Mining lapis, a semi-precious stone, in Afghanistan. October 7th marked sixteen years since the start of the US War in Afghanistan – America’s longest war. In an effort to justify the continued and expanded presence of US troops in the country, President Trump is…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on September 27, 2017 Source: Toward Freedom The Women’s Peace Parade marches through New York City on August 29, 1914, shortly after the start of World War I. We are living in an Age of War. The US conflict in Afghanistan is now the longest war in American history. US war…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on September 22, 2017 Source: Toward Freedom American troops stand next to a burning oil well at the Rumayla oil fields March 27, 2003 in Rumayla, Iraq. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on September 15, 2017 Source: Toward Freedom Destruction of rainforest in West Kalimantan, Borneo paves way for palm oil plantation. Photo by David Gilbert/RAN A recent investigation by the anti-poverty advocacy organization Oxfam reveals how the world’s top ten food and beverage companies are failing to protect environmental and human rights defenders…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on July 7, 2017 Source: Toward Freedom Spokesperson and presidential candidate María de Jesús Patricio, left, surrounded by members of the Zapatistas. Photo by Violeta Schmidt/Reuters The Zapatistas and National Indigenous Congress (CNI) held an assembly in May in which they chose María de Jesús Patricio Martínez, a Nahua indigenous healer,…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on May 31, 2016 Source: Toward Freedom Last week a research wing of the International Monetary Fund came out with a reportadmitting that neoliberalism has been a failure. The report, entitled, “Neoliberalism: Oversold?” is hopefully a sign of the ideology’s death. They were only about 40 years late. As Naomi Klein tweeted…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on May 17, 2016 Source: Toward Freedom The new Latin American left, in all its shades of red or pink, has lately been experiencing perhaps its roughest string of months since it came to power. From embattled Venezuela to the possible political death of the Workers’ Party in Brazil, from the…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on May 3, 2016 Source: Toward Freedom Artwork by Banksy. Now that it is common knowledge that the US government has been spying on millions of people’s everyday communications and online activity in the US, Europe and beyond, how has that fact shaped the way people talk, think, communicate and even dream? Power…

By Benjamin Dangl Published on April 28, 2016 Source: Toward Freedom A shift is happening outside the spotlight of the corporate media and our rigged political system. Socialism was the most looked-up word in the Webster dictionary last year. A recent poll conducted by Harvard says a majority of millennials do not support capitalism – and 48% believe healthcare is a…